For some warriors, the shooting never stops . . . 
Tsuji Masanobu ( 辻 政信 ) Modern-day Samurai, Member of Parliament, War Criminal.
I first heard of this notorious Japanese warrior at a party many years ago, at a friend's house in Washington DC. Notorious in his native Japan, if he did half of what he is reputed to have done, then his place is secured at the Viking Long Table in the Mead Hall of Valhalla. - S.L.
Tsuji Masanobu was a professional soldier the Imperial Army during the Second World War. An extreme fanatic by even Japanese Army standards, his aggressive and insubordinate attitude contributed to the Soviet-Japanese Border Wars of the 1930's, particularly the Changkufeng Incident/Battle of Lake Khasan and the Nomonhan Incident/Battle of Khalkhin Gol.
Tsuji Masanobu went MIA - Missing In Action - in Laos in 1961.
I posted the Saga of Tsuji Masanobu as part of a larger story concerning Japanese military involvement in Southeast Asia in the aftermath of World War II, to be posted later this weekend.
- STORMBRINGER
Saturday 24 October 2009
IT's NEVER OVER
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2 comments:
Well put, Stormy.
Had it not been that the year was 1969, I would believe that I encountered that rat bastard in Bangkok that year. The one I did encounter was fall-down drunk and expressing his contempt for the Thais in English.
I think a lot of the surviving Sons of Heaven went to work for Japan, Inc., and kept the attitudes that served them so well during the war.
Why would you lionize a jap war criminal?
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